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William (Bill) Reid: CEO, Chairman of the Board
Bill Reid has 30+ years of industry experience. Bill co-founded Gold Resource Corporation with David Reid in 1998.
Bill previously co-founded and served as the Chief Executive Officer of US Gold Corporation (USGL) from 1977 to 2005. During his tenure with US Gold, the Company built or participated in six producing mines. Bill received a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics in 1970 and a Master's in Economic Geology in 1972, both from Purdue University.
Jason Reid: President & Director
Jason Reid was promoted to President of Gold Resource Corporation July 1, 2010 and also sits on the Company's Board of Directors. Jason previously served as Vice President of Corporate Development for Gold Resource from January 2008 to July 2010, where his responsibilities included formulating corporate growth strategies, retail and institutional marketing and capital raises. Jason has been with the Company since it was a private Company and helped take it public in Sept of 2006 with its self-underwritten "IPO". Prior to joining the Company Jason was the founder and president of two successful businesses he ran for 13 years. Jason holds a Bachelor of Science degree (1997) in Anthropology/Archeology from Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado.
Brad Blacketor: Chief Financial Officer
Brad Blacketor has over 30 years of management and financial experience including serving as Chief Financial Officer for Bear Creek Mining, Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary for Metallica Resources Inc., and Chief Financial Officer for MinCorp Ltd. Brad has also held senior management positions with Pincock, Allen & Holt, Inc. and Touche Ross & Co. Brad is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Colorado, holding an M.B.A. from Colorado State University and a B.S. Degree in Business Administration from Indiana University.
Rick Irvine: Chief Operating Officer
Rick is a Mining Engineer with 22 years of industry experience spanning Canada, Mexico, Central and South America. Rick has contributed to the start-up of three new mining operations in Bolivia, Argentina and Mexico. He holds a BSc in Geology from the University of New Brunswick and a BSc. in Mining Engineering from Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Barry Devlin: Vice President of Exploration
Mr. Devlin has 30+ years of professional experience in managerial phases of exploration and mine geology. He has participated in the discovery, acquisition and development of numerous mineral deposits including extensive experience in epithermal gold-silver (high and low sulfidation) systems and porphyry copper gold skarns. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Devlin was Endeavour Silver Corporation's Vice President Exploration. He holds a BS degree with honors in Geology, 1981, and a Masters in Geology, 1987, from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Jesus Rivera Garcia: General Manager, Mexico
Mr. Rivera is a mining and metallurgy engineer with an extensive background in underground mining operations. Mr. Rivera joins Gold Resource Corporation from Yamana Gold where he was Operations Manager for the Mercedes Project in Sonora, Mexico. In addition to underground experience, he has broad experience with open pit mines, mill operations, maintenance, HR and community relations. Mr. Rivera previously served as Operations Manager for Farallon Mining in Guerrero, Mexico, Operations Manager for Genco Resources, Mexico, and has held positions with Frisco Corporation and Gold Corp. Mr. Rivera graduated in 1993 from Zacatecas University with an engineering degree in mines and metallurgy.
Bill Conrad: Director
Bill M. Conrad currently serves as a Director of Gold Resource Corporation. He also serves as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Director of MCM Capital Management, Inc., a privately held financial and management consulting firm. Mr. Conrad has held executive management positions with several public companies during the past 15 years, including Wyoming Oil & Minerals, Inc., New Frontier Energy, Inc., Gold Capital Corporation, Wall Street Racing Stables, Inc., and Consolidated Capital of NA, Inc. Mr. Conrad's duties with these companies primarily focused in the areas of financial management and corporate development.
Mr. Conrad is currently a Director of Synergy Resources, Inc., a Denver based development stage oil and gas exploration production company.
Isac Burstein: Director
Isac Burstein currently serves as a director of Gold Resource Corporation. Isac is the VP / Business Development for Hochshild Mining plc. Isac served previously as Hochschild Mining's Manager for Project Evaluation, Exploration Manager for Mexico, and Exploration Geologist. He holds a BSc in Geological Engineering from the Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria, an MSc in Geology from the University of Missouri and an MBA from Krannert School of Management, Purdue University.
Tor Falck: Director
Tor Falck currently serves as a director of Gold Resource Corporation. Over the past 40 years Mr. Falck has had a successful career in the banking and financial industry holding senior positions in Europe's larger brokerage houses, including 12 years at Yorkton Securities Inc. and Canaccord Capital (Europe), where he focused on natural resources, mining, and oil and gas industries. Prior to that Mr. Falck served as a financial analyst and broker in Norway advising private and institutional clients.
Dr. Gary Huber: Director
Dr. Huber is an experienced mining executive bringing over 35 years of diversified natural resource experience to the Board. He holds a Ph. D from the Colorado School of Mines. His past industry experience includes: president and CEO of Neutron Energy Inc., a private uranium development company, founder, CFO, and director of Canyon Resources Corp, a public exploration and mining company which operated 3 precious metal mines in the Western United States, president and director of CR Minerals Corporation, an industrial minerals mining and processing subsidiary of Canyon Resources, director of Capital Gold Corp., a public precious metal mining company operating in Mexico (which was merged into Gammon Gold) and manager of IRC Capital Group, an investment arm of International Royalty Corporation. He was also formerly a director of the Denver Gold Group, chairman of the Society of Economic Geologists' Investment and Audit Committees and chairman of the Audit Committee of the Society of Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration. He is a Utah registered Professional Geologist.
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